This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V24", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
[The following memoranda were sent to us, with the excellent peaches to which they refer, and are regarded as of sufficient interest in connection with the history of peach culture to give them a prominent place in our columns. - Ed].
Three peaches, 6¼ oz. each ; 3 inches in diameter; 8½ inches in circumference. Tree 16 years old - bearing 14 years. Tree measures 24 inches in circumference 2 feet from surface of earth.
Three peaches, 4 oz. each. Tree 16 years old - bearing 13 years. Tree measures 22 inches in circumference 24 inches from surface.
Three peaches - weight, 4 oz. each. Tree 16 years old - bearing 13 years. Tree measures 38 inches in cir cumference 2 feet from surface; least diameter, 12 inches below branches, one branch 24 inches in circumference 5 feet from surface.
Three peaches, these small - usual weight, 4 oz.; many 8 oz. Tree 16 years old - bearing 14 years. Measures 30 inches 24 inches from surface.
Three peaches, average weight, 3½ oz.; these, the last on the tree, belong to September 20th; very fine for putting up. Tree 16 years old - bearing 14 years. Tree measures 24 inches 24 inches from the surface.
Two peaches, last of season; average weight, 3½ oz; belongs to September 20th. Tree 16 years old - bearing 14 years. Tree measures 26 inches in circumference 2 feet from surface.
Average weight, 3 oz.; bears very heavily this year; often weigh 7 to 8 oz. Tree 16 years old - bearing 14 years. Measures 21 inches in circumference 1 foot from surface. The Percival was greatly injured by overbearing and the storm, yielding 7 bushels this year.
 
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